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RS, London – To watch ‘Arch’ in action is to forget for a time that they belong to a generation that is growing up in an American crisis of rock and roll. It’s there, to be sure, in the underconfident edginess of their presence as they take to the stage in their opening act for U2 (whose music they both respect and keep a safe distance from). But their stance belies the performance itself, which can only be described as incendiary. To watch them is to know why they have come from behind (backed by maverick independents Marprelate) to outsell every other American artist except Barbra Streisand this year with their first-ever album, “Towering Wirefree”, and why U2 reportedly offered them the opening slot on their Retrospective tour - in person. “I see hope,” says Bono backstage as they launch into hit single “Gilded Cage” from their forthcoming album ‘The Defence of Poesie’. “I see power. I see honesty.” The word is out. Arch has arrived.

Undoubtedly the centerpiece of their music is the glorious, prophetic voice … Read more

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[laughs] “Baudelaire and Fincher, how could I object? Although they might object to being compared with a contract-labour guy like me.”

A light burning in liquid rage
A deity caught in a gilded cage…

“We get it. But these people clearly do not. We’re not causing this undefined trouble in quote marks with our music, we’re telling the truth about it. So, like, Platonic, f*** thyself.”

“If by “bi” you mean duplicity, like, ‘do I have two answers to every question you ask me?’, the answer is yes and no. Because I usually have more. So really I’m “multi.” Or “poly”.”

And the god and a demon dance before
The sea of parts
on the gilded shore…

“I’m not a fan. In a way the Beatles killed everything.”

“Oh no, I’m the worst person to ask about diets. Food is an area of darkness for me. I lived on pizza and juice when we were making ‘Nine’. Uh, pepperoni. [laughs] And orange.”

“I have no say in the matter. It’s why I’m well-dressed all the time.”